This is the first of the early years series that B7 Media are making and tells the story - as the title says - of when Vila met Gan.

There is not much plot, but a lot of quite amusing dialogue, starting in the prologue when they joke about the desirability of a teleport. Other interesting facts that come out include that Gan apparently comes from Croydon and Vila's grandma used to make curried goat.

Michael Keating slips back into his Vila role with ease and Owen Aaronovitch gets a better chance to explore his role as Gan than he did on the original B7 Media audio adventures.

The concept is a bit fanficish in that there is no real evidence from the original series that Vila and Gan had a history, but then again there was nothing to say they didn't, so I think that is fair enough.

Itís more humorous than the B7 Audios from 2007 which I wasnít expecting (probably because they look quite serious on the CD sleeve promotion). It was a pleasant surprise and without giving spoilers away all I can say is there are lots of Blakes 7 references that made me laugh. The sound effects are very good.

There are some contemporary references about mobiles and going online. If I remember correctly I donít think ĎThe Sevenfold Crowní or ĎThe Syndeton Experimentí Audio adventures from the 1990ís tried to feel anything other than the original 70ís/80ís in style. Of course the prequel is still set well into the future so I suppose itís OK to tell the story in todayís way, I would just have set it in the same 70ís/80ís style. One thing slightly bugs me though (maybe Iím missing something that occurs in the series) Vila and Gan come across the Liberator and this is before the original Blakes 7 adventure started. Iím sure there must be a simple explanation.

The four extra tracks are a nine minute documentary (with a few interesting comments from Michael Keating), the music in the episode and two B7 Audio trailers (with more music some time after the second one seems to be finished).

Ö And I hope some of the other prequels include more of the original TV cast!_________________Last Watched: Gold 4/8/2018

I think the part with Gan and Vila on 'The Liberator' towards the beginning are supposed to be them looking back on the past, and the bulk of the story taking place before 'The Way Back' (or 'Rebel' if this is set in the audio universe).

I think the part with Gan and Vila on 'The Liberator' towards the beginning are supposed to be them looking back on the past, and the bulk of the story taking place before 'The Way Back' (or 'Rebel' if this is set in the audio universe).

They are talking about shuttles to the Liberator and inventing Teleport. I suppose there was a time after they boarded The Liberator before they found out about the teleport.

Edit :
I've just been reading the 'chat' thread about this and as someone said there I think a possible explanation could be "It sounds like it's written for B7's new version of the series" i.e. this isn't meant to relate to the Liberator in the TV version. If so it's a bit confusing to me at least._________________Last Watched: Gold 4/8/2018

I would assume they'd relate it to their new version of B7 (even tho they've got Michael Keating in it!)... the new B7enterprises/B7media/B7productions version didn't have teleport as I remember... _________________